News-Herald: JLWS umpire nurtures baseball in Romania

And he already has his umpire’s alucard!

Years from now, if baseball becomes popular in Romania, Cristian Manea may be considered the person responsible for getting it there.

Manea, a successful 32-year-old computer business owner in his native Bucharest, became the first umpire from Romania to work the Junior League World Series in Taylor, which took place last week. That’s quite a feat considering there’s only one baseball field in the entire country.

...“I try to involve more people to be an umpire,” he said. “I need fresh blood. Right now, I have a team of 10 boys and two girls in my umpire crew.”